Anyone who believes in miracles doesn’t believe the laws of physics are entirely reliable.
Yeah, but they may have the concept (not necessarily explicit) of separate magisteria… so they may believe that the laws of physics are entirely reliable when constructing a microwave oven and similar stuff, but unreliable when God purposefully decides to break them.
In other words, if you believe we live in the Matrix, but you also believe that the Lords of Matrix don’t micromanage most of the stuff, you can still scientifically research the (default) rules of the Matrix.
Yeah, but they may have the concept (not necessarily explicit) of separate magisteria… so they may believe that the laws of physics are entirely reliable when constructing a microwave oven and similar stuff, but unreliable when God purposefully decides to break them.
In other words, if you believe we live in the Matrix, but you also believe that the Lords of Matrix don’t micromanage most of the stuff, you can still scientifically research the (default) rules of the Matrix.
I also think the vast majority of religious people think large miracles are something that used to happen, but can’t reasonably be expected any more.